Japan submarine collides with commercial ship off Shikoku, 3 injured
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine collided Monday with a commercial vessel in the Pacific Ocean off the western main island of Shikoku, with three crew members on the submarine slightly injured but no major damage reported, government officials said.
The 84-meter-long Souryu scraped the hull of the vessel as it was surfacing, the Defense Ministry said, adding that the submarine s antenna mast and other upper parts were slightly damaged but it was able to continue sailing.
Top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said at a press conference that a ship believed to be the one involved in the collision, when contacted by the Japan Coast Guard, reported that no impact was felt and it does not appear to have sustained any damage.
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TOKYO: A Japanese navy submarine and a commercial ship collided off Japan s southern coast on Monday, causing minor injuries to three crewmembers of the submarine and damage to its mast, defense officials said.
The submarine Soryu was in the process of surfacing about 27 nautical miles (50 kilometers) south of Cape Ashizuri on Japan s southwestern island of Shikoku when it collided with the commercial ship, the Maritime Self-Defense Force said in a statement.
There was slight damage to the submarine s mast but it was able to continue sailing on its own, it said.
A Japanese navy submarine and a commercial ship have collided off Japan’s southern coast, causing minor injuries to three crewmembers of the submarine and damage to its mast
Thursday, 17:48, 04/02/2021
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